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GoforGOLF . . NEWSLETTER TWENTY FIVE . .GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 25 from GoforGOLF Keeping you up to date with developments and news from our website. ******************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE *** More LINKS *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** Win 'The Practice Book' *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Sports Links *** Dedication ******************************************************************************** *** More LINKS Our LINKS page has been upgraded. *** http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.asp *** We have split the Links into more categories and have added a number of new ones. Our objective is to supply you, the GoforGOLfers, with links to all the Golfing events and courses as they happen. We will try to find websites for events on all the tours, US, European, Australasian, Ladies and Seniors. We will try to cover other Tours, Asian, Canadian, South African etc. when we can. We have added categories covering Players, Equipment and History, and more. *** http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/course.asp *** Note also - Many of the venue courses for the tour events have their scorecards in the GoforGOLF course directory. If you have found a website that would be of interest to other GoforGOLFers, A golf website, An upcoming sporting event, Another category let me know: . . . Email me on . . . greg@goforgolf.com . . . __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION WINNER Congratulations to the winner of our June competition. This month's winner is from the North Otago Golf Club, Oamaru, NZ. Your video 'A lesson with Leadbetter - Taking it to the course' will be on its way to you shortly. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES A Hole in One during June. 5th June Burnham Camp Golf Club 11th White Tee Colin Murphy Colin tells us, "I played at Burnham Camp and hit a 3 iron into the 190m par 3 11th. Unfortunately all I saw, being short sighted in one eye and long sighted in the other, was the ball bounce at the front of the green and thought that should be alright. I got to the green and couldn't find the ball. I started looking at the back of the green thinking that the ball had shot through off the frosty fringe of the green. One of my four suggested it might be in the used hole, which it wasn't, then he said, standing at the hole, 'come and get it out of here then'. My brother had one at Waimarino a few weeks ago, my other brother has his listed in the GoforGOLF Forum, and My Dad has two. So Dad and all his three sons now have a Hole in One." Colin also mentions there was another Hole in One on the same hole on 30 May, and another GoforGOLFer tells us of a Hole in One on the 120m 9th hole at Wattle Downs Golf and Country Club on 24th June. AND still the eagles continue. 1st June Hamilton Golf Club 4th Red Tee David Enright 7th June Silverstream Public Golf Course 9th Green Tee Congratulations to all successful GoforGOLFers. (Our promise of confidentiality does not allow us to publish your names, without your permission). _________________________________________________________ *** JULY Competition This month the prize is 'The Practice Book' by Jorg Vanden Berge This book covers every aspect of golf with exercises to help improve your performance. It is recommended by the PGA of Germany. "The Practice Book" *** Answer two questions to be in the draw *** for the "The Practice Book" With The Open looming at Royal Lytham, the top Pros on all tours are building up for the famous event. Two in particular, one from each side of the Atlantic, showed out as hitting form at the right time, with a win each. Answer these two simple questions, a) Who won the 2001 Murphys Irish Open, Ireland ? b) Who won the 2001 Greater Hartford Open, USA ? TO ENTER - CLICK on the banner advert on the GoforGOLF website http://www.goforgolf.co.nz or go direct to the entry form at http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/contest.asp The winners will be drawn from the correct entries by the management of Sports Information Management Ltd. The results will be final. (and there is the usual the small print?) No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS 1. I have had surgery - can I get my handicap adjusted? A GoforGOLFer has sent us this helpful advice. He had recently had surgery, and during rehabilitation was unable to play to his previous handicap. Playing to that handicap meant that he had no possibility in any comp or scramble, taking away his encouragement of using golf to help his recuperation. His enquiries uncovered the following procedure: a. Forward a letter to the Chief Executive Officer New Zealand Golf Assn P O Box 11 842 Wellington Attn: NZGA Handicap & Course Rating Committee b. Include details of type of surgery/accident etc. and the date(s) and your expected recovery time before resuming full play. (A doctors note would be helpful I suspect). c. Pass the letter to your Club Secretary to send in. This is important, as the request must be requested through the club committee. (I presume they have to recommend to the NZGA the adjustment to your handicap). A recent email from the GoforGOLFer lets us know, however, that after much 'bumbling' around no decision was received. However, he has started playing golf again and is starting to pick up the threads. All the best with your recovery and thanks for the information. 2. Lessons - Another HandiTip received from a GoforGOLFer. " I would recommend that all golfers have a lesson with the pro using a video camera. I did so yesterday and have noticed the things I were doing wrong straight away and enjoyed my game much better today, coming home with four pars and a birdie". This tip was received from John Snow in June 2000, but is just as relevant 12 months later. Thanks again, I agree totally. Email me on . . . greg@goforgolf.com . . . and I will help you with any problems you may have with registering and entering your scorecards and courses. REMEMBER the more scorecards you enter, the better the analysis you will receive from GoforGOLF. __________________________________________________________ *** SUGGESTIONS, QUESTIONS & COMMENTS Suggestions, questions and comments are welcomed. If you have any questions or suggestions on how to use GoforGOLF please email them to me at greg@goforgolf.com __________________________________________________________ *** MORE SPORTS LINKS 'The 130th Open Golf Championship', known to the Americans as 'The British Open'. To be held at Royal Lytham, Jul 16 to 22. http://www.opengolf.com And Next, the U.S. PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club, Georgia http://www.atlantaathleticclub.org/ "Members Only" The USPGA Tour for July 2001: 5 to 8 July Advil Western Open Cog Hill G & CC, Lesmont, IL http://www.coghillgolf.com/dubsdread.html 12 to 15 July Greater Milwaukee Open Brown Deer Park Golf Course, WI http://www.greatermilwaukeeopen.com/index.html 19 to 22 July B.C. Open En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, NY http://www.bcopen.com http://www.enjoiegolf.com 26 to 29 July John Deere Classic TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, IL http://www.deere.com/johndeereclassic/ http://www.allgolfqc.com/deere_run.htm 2 to 5 Aug The International Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, CO http://www.golfintl.com/cpgc/cpgc.htm The European Tour schedule: 5 to 8 July Smurfit European Open The K Club, Dublin, Ireland http://www.kclub.ie/ (includes a virtual tour of 7th & 16th) 12 to 15 July Loch Lomond World Invitational Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Scottland http://www.thescottishopenatlochlomond.com 19 to 22 July 130th open Golf Championship Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lancs, England 26 to 29 July TNT Dutch Open Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands http://www.tntdutchopen.com/ 2 to 5 Aug Volvo Scandinavian Masters Barse Golf & Country Club, Sweden http://www.golf.se/golfklubbar/barsebackgcc/bgcc/ And on the LPGA Tour, 5 to 8 July Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, OH http://www.jamiefarrkrogerclassic.com 13 to 15 July Michelob Light Classic Fox Run Golf Club, St. Louis, MO http://www.micheloblightclassic.com/ http://www.foxrungolfclub.com/ 27 to 29 July Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Squaw Creek Country Club http://www.lpgaclassic.com/index.html 2 to 5 Aug The Weetabix Womens British Open, the Newest Major. Sunningdale Golf Club http://www.sunningdalegolf.co.uk/ and choose the course button Also find other tour and course websites in our Upgraded LINKS section, including the Senior Tour, and many of the scorecards in the GoforGOLF course directory. http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.asp For a few other interesting sports websites try: http://www.wimbledon.org The Wimbledon Championship until 8 July http://www.letour.fr/ The Tour De France cycle race, Starts 7th July http://www.cricinfo.com/ For news on The Ashes and the ICC Trophy, World Cup qualifying tournament in Toronto, Canada, both presently underway. http://www.cowesweek.co.uk/2001/ For Yachtsmen, the famous Cowes Week Regatta and even more famous Fastnet Race. 4 to 11 August. http://www.volvooceanrace.org/homepage.html The next yacht race around the world commences on 23rd September from Southampton, UK, heading for USA, South Africa, Sydney and Auckland NZ. Due in New Zealand 3rd January 2002. Find all these websites for easy access on our 'News & Links' section. *** http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.asp *** If you find any other interesting web sites for these tournaments, or other sports sites, please let me know. __________________________________________________________ *** Dedication A funeral procession was driving by the golf course as a group was putting on the 18th green. Upon seeing the hearse, one of the players stopped and put his hat over his heart as the procession passed. "That was really a nice gesture," one of his buddies said. "Hey, it's the least I could do. Sunday would have been our 35th wedding anniversary!" Thanks to Mr Golf Etiquette, and Kevin Corbett __________________________________________________________ *** New Courses - World Wide The Course Directory is growing all the time, now with over 300 United States courses, and increasing numbers from Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Fiji, Germany, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, Barbados and Puerto Rico. Over 75% of New Zealand Courses. If the course you have played is not yet on GoforGOLF, you can ADD IT, or send us the scorecards (mens and/or womens) and we will make sure the course and all tees are loaded correctly. ERRORS: Find a course error or missing info !!!! If there is an error with a scorecard, the stroke rating has changed, the distance is now wrong, or the Course rating or Slope rating is missing, please let us know so we can correct it. Email greg@goforgolf.com Sports Information Management Ltd P O Box 25 198, Auckland, New Zealand. __________________________________________________________ *** TELL YOUR GOLFING BUDDIES ABOUT GOFORGOLF ***** Let your golfing buddies know about ***** ***** the GoforGOLF web site and its ***** ***** 'Golf Analysis for All'. ***** Regards & Good Golfing Greg Paul __________________________________________________________GoforGOLF . . NEWSLETTER TWENTY FIVE . .GoforGOLF
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